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-Itís kinda pointless for me to post this due to the numerous tutorials already made, but I wanted to put this up to provide more knowledge on drawing ponies by angles, and hopefully make it more simple than it already is.

Originally made by the request of a friend, I watched various episodes for different angles and measured the characters according to head height. This is practically the main base construction used for the series, so I didn't want to get too technical with the various design differences (like mares vs. colts). The real bugger I had with the poses was the 'front' and 'back', since it is not seen in a full pose too often (visibly seeing from head to hoof).

Some extra info:

*****The characters' 'front' has their back legs normally positioned at an angle. It is never dead on straight like mine, and the asymmetry is highly encouraged.

*****The 'rear-end' view was the hardest to find, but easy to draw. Originally I didn't want to include the tail since it varies in size and shape. Weight also affects how rises from the rear.

*****The construction used reminded me of a theory that cartoonist John Kricfalusi explained for rubber hose cartoon characters, so wanted to include it here as an example.

*****I also included some small info about foal ponies, since their constructions do favor, just in the form of chibi. The majority of the foal eyes are full circles, with bigger shines that adds to the cuteness. Though the shapes and sizes do vary for specific characters, so I didn't want to add too much info. Sorry.

-Even though these characters 'appear' two-dimensional, they are 3-D; with 2-D clarity. Ms. Faust designed these characters extremely well to have define silhouettes, so you can tell the ponies apart from each other by glance.

Dude thats really helpfull, especially on how to draw the face because i always seem to get that wrong. The angles of the bodys help for different standing/sitting positions, and the eyes help for a future reference (my guy wears shades, like 24/7). Mind if i mention your pic is a few of my drawin's?